A merger agreement has been forged between Rural/Metro Corporation and Envision Healthcare subsidiary American Medical Response. No financial terms of the deal were made public. Pending approvals, the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Buffalo Bills Training Camp is underway today. The team has brought on Safelite AutoGlass will serve as its

Analysis of U.S. home rental prices by Zillow.com shows a seasonally adjusted 4.3% jump between June of this year and June 2014. The home rental price for Buffalo increased 8.1% in that period, to $1,241 per month. For more, you can follow this link.

Maid of the Mist will extend its 2015 season through November 8th, adding one week to the season, which typically concludes at

The Buffalo City Planning board has given the go ahead for TM Montante grup to implode the old ten story hosptial building that was Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital. It's expected to occur near the end of august to make way for

Columbus McKinnon will purchase all the outsanding stock of Magnetek Inc at $50 per share in a $188.9 million deal. Columbus Mckinnon manufactures industrial chains and hoists for manufactrurers. Magnatek develops control systems for similar w

Niagara Falls is apprently seeing a big boost in tourist traffic this year. . new numbers announced by the Tourism and Convention Corp says that people helped by their visotr center this June was twice what it was last year. Over 11 thousand visitors tota

US Airways is closing its VIP Club at the Buffalo Niagara international airport. as part of the merger with United Airlines it will shut down later this year Business firs t says theres a plan now to convert the massive former freezer queen plant

Developer Rocco Termini has submitted a development proposal for construction of an 80-unit “micro” apartment complex on North Oak Street. The Buffalo Planning Board will probably not review the proposal until early September. Pending approvals, work on the project could begin this fall, with the intention of opening it up by late next summer

Next Tuesday, the Buffalo Planning Board is expected to consider a request from TM Montante Development to raze the 10-story building that housed much of the Millard Fillmore - Gates Circle Hospital. Portions of the adjoining Building C that fronts on Lafayette Avenue would also be demolished. Business First reports that if approved, the demolition could take place sometime in

The current average for a gallon of unleaded gas in the Buffalo metro area is $2.82, according to the AAA.

ECMC is planning an orthopedic clinic expansion that will more than quadruple its existing space. Business First reports the $1.8 million orthopedic project calls for creating a Center for Orthopedic Care on the first floor in vacant space adjacent to the main elevators and

Current management at Willcare Inc. is expected to remain in place following its $51 million acquisition. Business First reports the purchase by Almost Family Inc., a national home health firm based in Louisville, Ky., is making its way through the state Department of Health. Pending that approval, the deal is expected to close in late August or early September.

There are still more home renters than home owners, but those renters are spending more of their paychecks to keep a roof over their heads. A Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies report indicates 20.7 million rental households - about half of all renters - spent more than 30 percent of their income on housing in 2013. In the Buffalo region, 86.5% of households with incomes under

Mercy Hospital has petitioned the state Department of Health for a 23,634-square-foot addition to expand its cardiac surgery suite. Business First reports the $12.5 million expansion plan would expand the existing operating room with a building addition to house a larger operating room, as well as added storage space on the second floor of the Abbott Road hospital.

When is $100 not really $100? When the Tax Foundation calculates the purchasing power of a C-note for the same goods in each state. Using price data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - and a shopping list for the same items in all states, that $100 bill will only buy $86.73 worth of goods in New York. Hawaii and the District of Colombia were the only